Wrapper for coins and other small articles



-(N0 Model.)

P. 0. BUTTERPIELD.

' WRAPPER FOR COINS AND OTHER SMALL ARTIGLES. No. 335,054. Patented Jan. 26, 1886.

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FRANCIS O. BUTTERFIELD, OF LYNN, MASSACHUSETTS.

WRAPPER FOR COINS AND OTHER SMALL ARTICLES.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 335,054, dated January 261, 1886.

Application filed January 12, 1895. Serial No. 152,616. (No model.)

1'0 all whom it may concern: I

Be it known that I, FRANCIS O. BUTTER- FIELD, of Lynn, in the county of Essex and- Commonwealth of Massachusetts, have invented a new and Improved \Vrapper for Coins and other Small Articles, of which the following, taken in connection with the accompanying drawings, is a specification.

This invention relates to means for wrapping coins and other small articles, and the nature thereof is hereinafter fully described, and specifically pointedout in the claim.

In the accompanying drawings, Figure 1 is a plan view of the unfolded blank which constitutes the wrapper. The dotted lines indicate in this figure the lines on which the wrapperblank is to be folded. Fig. 2 is a perspective View of the blank folded to receive the coin or other material. Fig. 3 is a perspective view ofthe wrapper completely folded above its con tents and sealed.

This wrapper may be formed of paper, leather, cloth, or any suitable flexible material. It is preferably formed of a single piece of material, which should be cut or otherwise fashioned with a contour substantially as shown in Fig. 1.

In order to simplify the folding, as well as to give neatness to the work or package, I prefer to first crease the blank along the dotted lines a a, b b, and 0' c, Fig. 1, which may be done by folding or other obvious means. The blank is then straightened and the laps 2 2 are folded up on the lines a a. Thelaps 3 3 are turned on edge and folded on the line b and brought around outside of the raised laps 2 2, being bent around the corners at a and c, and

are then secured in front, thus forminga chamber for reception of the coin, as fully illustrated in Fig 2. The laps 3 3 may be secured in any suitable way, with niucilage or other material; but I prefer to provide thelaps with the slots or slits e e, the same being formed by simply cutting the material at this -point, and then fasten them by interlocking, as shown in Fig. 2. The wrapper having been folded, as shown in Fig. 2, the coin or other material is next to be placed therein, (the sizcof the wrapper is determined by the size of the blank, and should be only large enough to hold the amount of coin or other material to be placed therein,) whereupon the laps 2 2 are laid down and the lap 4 is to be wound about the whole, as in Fig. 4c. The package may be sealed by muci lage or secured in any suitable manner.

The nature and amount of contents may, if desired, be indicated by printing on the wrapper.

I claim- A wrapperblank made in one piece, cut or slotted to form laps 2 2 3 3, the laps 2 2 forming the ends and top of the completed receptacle, and the uncut portion between the laps the bottom thereof, the laps 3 3 forming the front and rear of the receptacle and reenforcing the ends, said laps 3 3 having the interlocking slots 0 c, and the broad lap at projecting at right angles to the laps 2 2, and adapted to envelop the top, bottom, and sides, substantially as described.

FRANCIS O. BUTTERFIELD. Witnesses:

O. O. TUTTLE, O. B. TUTTLE. 

